Definitions for uvula

uvula u·vu·la

Spelling: [yoo-vyuh-luh]
IPA: /ˈyu vyə lə/

Uvula is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in uvula (aluuv).

Definitions for uvula

noun

  1. the small, fleshy, conical body projecting downward from the middle of the soft palate.
  2. a similar structure in any organ of the body, especially one at the opening of the bladder.

Origin of uvula

1350-1400; Middle English Medieval Latin ūvula, equivalent to Latin ūv(a) ‘grape’ + -ula -ule

Examples for uvula

If there is a membrane on the uvula, the disease is almost certainly diphtheria.

For fall of the uvula he suggests gargles, but when these fail he advises resection and cauterization.

The Orang-utan has no uvula as in Man and in the Chimpanzees.

His directions for the removal of the uvula are very definite.

This spreads to other parts, extending in doing so, over the soft palate and uvula, inclosing the latter in a sheath.

It was necessary three weeks afterward to amputate the uvula.

The soft palate only may contain the cleft, or simply the uvula.

They are also afflicted with the asthma, the epilepsy, and a swelling of the uvula.

Both the tonsils and the uvula may become so enlarged as to be a source of awkwardness or more serious evil to the voice-user.

The uvula, the pillars of the palate, and the tonsils are parts of the structure.

Word Value for uvula
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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